Human Rights
UN: One in three children worldwide do not have adequate water
November 16, 2023The report underlines even further long-expressed concern about the effects of climate change on children.
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Symbolic but significant: Why the decision to investigate Abu Akleh’s murder is unprecedented
December 12, 2022Even a symbolic decision to investigate the killing of a U.S. citizen represents a watershed moment in the relationship between the Democratic Party establishment and its more progressive grassroots constituencies.
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Saudi court sentences woman to 45 years in prison for social media posts
September 1, 2022Judges accused Ms. Qahtani of “disrupting the cohesion of society” and “destabilizing the social fabric."
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California’s longest serving death-row prisoner on pain and Native identity
August 1, 2022As the Monache and Cherokee 63-year-old awaits a new hearing for a 1978 murder he denies committing, Douglas Ray Stankewitz shares the cultural tools and memories he depends on to stay alive.
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William Z. Foster’s 1922 trial showed it’s the working class that defends democracy
May 5, 2022The battle for human rights has always been fought between the employing and working classes.
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